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A truce—not a compromise, but a chance for high-toned gentlemen to retire gracefully from their very civil declarations of war By Thomas Nast in Harper's Weekly , February 17, 1877, p. 132. A ceasefire (also known as a truce ), [ 1 ] also spelled cease-fire (the antonym of 'open fire'), [ 2 ] is a stoppage of a war in which each side agrees ...
The Karachi Agreement formally called the Agreement Between Military Representatives of India and Pakistan Regarding the Establishment of a Cease-Fire Line in the State of Jammu and Kashmir, was signed on 27 July 1949, supervised by the Truce Subcommittee of the UNCIP. [1] The signatories were: Lt. Gen. S. M. Shrinagesh, on behalf of India
Armistice Signed Effective Party one Party two Notes Moscow Peace Treaty: 12 March 1940 13 March 1940 Finland: Soviet Union: Ended the Winter War: Armistice of 22 June 1940: 22 June 1940 25 June 1940 French Third Republic: Nazi Germany: Also known as the Second Armistice of Compiègne, this armistice ended the Battle of France; no peace treaty ...
The 1953 Korean War Armistice Agreement is a major example of an armistice which has not been followed by a peace treaty. An armistice is also different from a truce or ceasefire, which refer to a temporary cessation of hostilities for an agreed limited time or within a limited area. A truce may be needed in order to negotiate an armistice.
Armistice Day is observed in Britain every 11 November to mark the agreement signed between the Allies and Germany that brought an end to the First World War and to remember the soldiers who gave ...
Services held every 11 November to mourn British soldiers killed in First World War and all subsequent conflicts
A hudna (from the Arabic هدنة meaning "calm" or "quiet") is a truce or armistice. [1] It is sometimes translated as "cease-fire". In his medieval dictionary of classical Arabic, the Lisan al-Arab, Ibn Manzur defined it as: "hadana: he grew quiet. hadina: he quieted (transitive or intransitive). haadana: he made peace with.
1955 United Nations map showing the Armistice Agreements, with original map reference points ("MR") on the Palestine grid referenced in the respective agreements. Palestine Military Situation, April 6, 1949. Truman Papers. The 1949 Armistice Agreements were signed between Israel and Egypt, [1] Lebanon, [2] Jordan, [3] and Syria. [4]